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Dénouement
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"Where are they?" growled Chaos Piedmon loudly. It was very rare that he let annoyances get the best of him, but this annoyance was unacceptable. He flicked through the dials turning and twisting the metal and plastic circles, watching the screens flit through their cycles. "WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?"
"That information cannot be retrieved from primary database, current memory retrieval protocols are being subverted by an aggressive infection of partition three, three, three," replied the humming tone of the computer.
Chaos Piedmon spun around and glared at the kernel of red liquid that held the prisoner that he had so painstakingly retrieved. It took a few seconds for the clown to notice the fact that something was truly and dearly wrong with the sphere of red ooze that held Kuro Ishida. The ooze that immediately surrounded the human was pitch black, almost to the point of it being impenetrable to the eye. Tendrils of the red slime that had been probing the human were now lines of darkness in a crimson ocean.
"What is happening?" growled Chaos Piedmon.
"An aggressive data stream has entered the core processing center of partition three, three, three;" droned the computer quietly. "Massive corruption has infiltrated twenty percent of the primary running programs. Attempts to purge the entity have failed. Identification of data suggests infiltration by a digimon or a human; scans have narrowed down the sample data's owner to three beings. Possibility one, a twenty five percent chance infiltration has been orchestrated by a being known as Mephismon…Possibility number two: thirty-seven point five percent chance that the infiltration has been orchestrated by an entity know as Apocalymon…Possibility number three: thirty-seven point five percent chance that the infiltration has been orchestrated by one Kuro Ishida…"
"Why those three?" Chaos Piedmon sat down in a large, plush, red swiveling chair in front of the computer screens.
"Data meets a forty-nine point comparison to Apocalymon, and a fifty one point comparison with DNA data configurations of Kuro Ishida," replied the computer.
"Apocalymon…Kuro Ishida…" Chaos Piedmon narrowed his eyes, "No…it can't be…"
"Retrieved data request," snapped the computer, "Last known position of digi-destined…"
Three screens flared to life. One showed the brimming romance of the Digi-destined of Reliability and Love, Chaos Piedmon growled and glared at the time stamp it was hours old. The last showed the rest of the digi-destined being flown over forests, they looked unconscious. Chaos Piedmon looked at the digimon carrying them and a growl rolled up his throat. He watched as the rogue digimon and their load of digi-destined disappeared in midair, the time stamp on the footage it was also hours old.
"That diva!" roared Chaos Piedmon as he slammed his fist on the consul in front of him. "Give an inch and she walks a mile on your back!"
"Request clarification…" chirped the computer.
"Oh, be silent, you have no lines in this soliloquy!" snapped Chaos Piedmon. The clown glowered angrily and then stood. "I will have to remind her why I am the director and she is just a bit player in a subplot! I knew when I found her corrupted data in that underground fount that she would be trouble! This is the precise reason why Shakespeare never allowed women in any of his productions!"
"Is it such a blow to your pride, Chaos Piedmon, to let Rosemon deal with the humans; does it really matter how they get put out of commission?" asked a smooth voice from the speakers of the computer. "I suggest you let the dear lady have her hand at them, if worse comes to worse you can always crush them as they escape…" Chaos Piedmon stopped in mid-rant and turned. "In case you wish to know, your friend, CyberSeadramon, has already engaged the Great Gannet; the ship is running, but CyberSeadramon is quickly catching them…I found that little nugget of info in one of the backlogs…"
Chaos Piedmon looked at the speaker, almost in fear. He knew that voice. All great viral digimon knew that voice.
He shuddered slightly and then tensed up and growled. "No, I'm still the one pulling the strings on this production; the digi-destineds' curtain calls will be from me or one of my own, not some neutral semi-rogue! I won't allow it! And just because you are here, does not mean you will not interlope on my directorial decisions!"
"It's your deletion," replied the voice calmly.
Chaos Piedmon glared at the speaker and seconds later a dagger was imbedded in the offending device. The clown smiled in pleasure. "I don't allow hecklers in my theaters," He wiped his hands and turned, "Now, to deal with a diva…" The clown chuckled as he glided out of the computer room.
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"Rose Rapier!" Rosemon sliced forward as the digi-destined scrambled out of the way.
Kevin had Michelle on his back and Labramon was scurrying next to him. Rosemon launched after Kevin.
"Oh yeah, pick on me!" shouted the boy as he hit the dirt and the rapier swiped cleanly over his sister's head. Kevin pushed Michelle off of him and rolled as Rosemon stabbed forward with her sword, "Labramon, take care of Michelle! Snow Agumon, where are you, buddy?"
"Here I come!" shouted the dinosaur as he ran towards Kevin.
"Ryuudamon!" shouted Steven as he pressed forward with his partner.
The two partners glowed brightly, "Ryuudamon biomerge to GaiOumon!"
Rosemon swept around and growled as the large, samurai dragon rushed forward his jagged swords drawn. Rosemon leapt back and grabbed at something on her hip and flicked if forward. A long green whip sliced forward striking GaiOumon in the chest.
"You're going to have to do better than that, Rosemon," growled the samurai as he rushed forward and sliced his swords in an X, "Gaia Reactor!" A twisting comet of blue energy flew forward.
"Finally," chuckled Rosemon as she put her hands up, "Rose Cradle!" A large rose blossom bloomed around her wrists forming a giant flower-like shield. The Gaia Reactor struck the rose shield and spun against the petals and disappeared. The shield then glowed and a crimson stream of energy swirled around the blossom and a red comet of energy flew back at GaiOumon slamming the samurai into the wall of the auditorium. GaiOumon slid to the ground. Rosemon smirked, "What's wrong; doesn't GaiOumon like the taste of his own medicine?"
"Snow Agumon biomerge to…Justimon!" shouted a voice from behind Rosemon. "Hey, Rosemon, see how you like this, Thunder Clap!" Rosemon leapt into the air as a rolling blast of electrically charged ground raced under her.
Rosemon flicked her wrist and her whip flashed down wrapping around Justimon. The cyborg struggled angrily as he tried to free himself. Rosemon pulled on the whip and yanked Justimon forward. The cyborg struggled as Rosemon reeled him in. She drew him in close to her.
"My, my, you looked all tied up…" Rosemon smirked and licked her lips.
"If she does what I think she's going to do; I'm going to be sick…" groaned Justimon as he tried to pull his face from the woman.
"How dare you insult me like that!" growled Rosemon. "You little ingrate!" Rosemon pulled her whip back and sent Justimon spinning to the ground.
"Let's show her how a real lady fights," growled Amy as she and stood side by side.
"Penguinmon biomerge to Valkyrimon!" The brown haired woman flew from the glowing energy of digivolution and swept her sword forward. Rosemon jumped back and unsheathing her own sword and slicing it up at Valkyrimon. Valkyrimon smirked as she blocked Rosemon's blade, "You call that a sword, it's more like a twig! Now this," Valkyrimon slid the Fenrir Sword up running its broad blade across the Rose Rapier, "This is a sword…"
Rosemon frowned and leapt back and reached for her whip. "Thorn Whip!" The whip wrapped around Valkyrimon's sword. "As they say, it's not the size of the blade; it's how you use it!"
Rosemon grunted and pulled. The blade flew from Valkyrimon's hands and clattered to the ground, behind Rosemon. GaiOumon leapt to his feet and rushed up behind Rosemon, but the flowery woman leapt over the samurai and kicked him into Valkyrimon sending the two of them tumbling into Justimon who was staggering to his feet.
"We're getting our butts kicked," whispered Mark quietly.
"What a joke!" laughed Rosemon as she watched the three biomerge digimon scramble to disentangle themselves from the pile they had made. "You can't protect yourselves from yourselves, how will you stop Chaos Piedmon, or for that matter, me?"
"That's it…" Brendan and Tapirmon growled as they nodded to one another.
"Tapirmon, biomerge to Anubismon!" The blue furred, jackal headed god of reformation roared forward his claws exposed to the air. Rosemon leapt back as Anubismon passed. The godly digimon slid across the ground and turned. He pushed his hands together, "Amemit!" a stream of golden energy shot forward and whistled toward Rosemon.
"Didn't you learn?" Rosemon pressed her wrists together and formed her Rose Cradle and let the blast flow into the flower shield.
The rose glowed and fired a crimson copy of the blast back at Anubismon. The god leapt out of the blast's way and dove forward. He clenched his fist and as the rose shield fell he swept his fist forward landing a punch on Rosemon's chin. Rosemon yelped and fell backward as Anubismon flew into the air. Rosemon quickly flicked her whip up at Anubismon and grabbed the god by his foot.
"Now, Mark!" shouted Anubismon.
"Lucemon, do it!" shouted the boy.
"Divine Feat!" Lucemon dropped down in front of Rosemon and fired an energy burst into the flower woman's eyes.
Rosemon yelped and flinched. Anubismon kicked his foot back ripping the whip from her hands. Lucemon smirked as the woman glowered at him. She reached forward and grabbed him by his toga and then tossed him away like a doll.
"Pyramid Power!" shouted Anubismon as he arranged his fingers into a triangle and three golden lasers shot forward from the vertices. Rosemon leapt back as the beams burnt into the floor in front of her. "Drat, fast isn't she…"
Rosemon glared up at Anubismon and she flicked her eyes back and saw the other three biomerged digimon getting to their feet.
"You're outnumbered," shouted Anubismon loudly.
"And outmatched," shouted Justimon.
"So you may as well give up, Rosemon," announced Valkyrimon.
"If you don't, you'll only end up getting yourself killed," shouted GaiOumon. He lifted his blades up.
"You think you have me beat eh?" Rosemon flicked her wrists up, "You forget where you are, this is my castle, this is my territory, and these…are my roses!"
"Huh?" The biomerged digimon looked at each other numbly.
Suddenly the ground underneath their feet exploded with thousands of thorn vines that eagerly grabbed them and wrapped around them.
"Mark!" Lucemon grabbed the child and glided up to the balcony.
"Michelle's still down there…" Mark looked down at the floor.
"I'll get her," Lucemon dove down and dropped down on the floor. He looked up and saw Rosemon laughing loudly. The other digi-destined were struggling in their bindings but the vines wouldn't give. He ran over to where Labramon and Michelle were. The little retriever was cowering as she cradled her partner.
"Lucemon, this is really bad…" whimpered the dog.
"Don't worry, everything will work out in the end…" whispered Lucemon as he cradled Michelle in his arms. He knelt down on one knee, "Labramon, can you get up on my back?"
The canine nodded and scrambled up on Lucemon's back. The angel grunted as he bared their weight. He flapped his wings as he leapt up, kicking off the writhing vines and slowly gliding up to the balcony.
"What are we going to do?" asked Mark as Lucemon laid Michelle on the floor.
"We fight her…" replied Lucemon as he stood up and straightened his tunic. "We free the others, and we save the day…"
"But you can't become a Mega digimon, she'll clean your clock!" yelped Labramon loudly.
"There is more to strength than raw power," replied Lucemon as he walked to the balcony, "Are you ready?"
"Lucemon…don't do it…" Mark ran up to his partner, "I don't want you to get deleted again…please…"
"Don't you think we have any chance of winning?" asked Lucemon. His cobalt eyes shimmered in the light.
"Please…don't…" Mark looked down.
"We have to do this, we have to get the others free," Lucemon looked at the boy, "Please, don't give up on me now…"
"Ok…" whispered Mark as he looked down at his digivice, "but get the others free first before you fight Rosemon…"
"Right," Lucemon nodded, he balanced himself on the banister of the balcony and bent down, touching his toes and held his wings half open, "One, two…"
"Three!" shouted Mark.
Lucemon leapt forward enwrapped in golden energy, "Lucemon digivolve to Pidmon!"
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"Renamon, get up," whimpered Janet as she held the golden fox's head. She looked back out to sea and saw the sea dragon rushing towards them. "Please Renamon!"
"Janet…" whispered the fox as she opened an icy blue eye. "We're in trouble…"
"Renamon, hold on," Janet hugged the fox, "You shouldn't have jumped in front of that blast…"
"Janet, I had to protect you…" Renamon moved slightly and sat up and shook her head. "He's tough; I'm guessing he's this CyberSeadramon…"
"Renamon, if you fight him as Taomon he'll turn you into a pelt," Janet grasped the fox's hand. "We gotta do this together, so we can protect the others."
Renamon smiled slightly and nodded, "Do you think we can do it?"
"We can give it one hell of a try, we have to stand up for ourselves or else this guy's going to run us right over," Janet stood up, "and I refuse to let that happen…"
The fox glowed a soft raspberry red and Janet closed her eyes and bowed her head. Renamon looked defiantly up at the large sea snake, "You're going down, buddy." There was sharp rise of raspberry light, "Renamon biomerge to Kuzuhamon!" The lavender fox priestess flew forward her staff ready to strike at the large snake, "Womb World Mandala!" Kuzuhamon sliced the hooped end of her staff smashing it against CyberSeadramon's head. The large wire endowed sea dragon recoiled backwards from the strike. Kuzuhamon then flew up and opened her hand towards the dragon, "Reverse Rice Cord!"
Fox spirits leapt forward phasing and cutting through the metal beast.
CyberSeadramon smirked and looked up, "Fool, you think your little fox magic will stop me? You evidently don't know who you are dealing with…" The four, turbine cannons on the sides of CyberSeadramon whirred to life. "Hyper Tsunami Cannon!"
Four large jets roared up at Kuzuhamon. The priestess lifted her hand and large balloon flower blossoms bloomed in a large wall in front of her, but the water exploded through the wall and smashed into Kuzuhamon's stomach. The priestess flailed backward and fell into the sea. CyberSeadramon looked down and smirked.
"Now I'm wet, big deal," growled Kuzuhamon as she paddled in the water.
CyberSeadramon chuckled, "Well, if you're not impressed by that, how about this?"
The dragon's snout glowed deep scarlet. A river of blood colored energy raced downward. The ocean exploded and Kuzuhamon screamed as she was driven into the depths by the blast.
"NO!" shouted a voice from the receding ship. There was a teenage boy screaming from the deck of the ship. Next to him was an Otamamon.
CyberSeadramon turned his head and narrowed his eyes. A cold sneer played across his metal face and CyberSeadramon dove into the ocean. There were more flashes of red energy from under the ocean waves. Laying his snout was Kuzuhamon. The priestess had energy burns all over her violet armor, her white hair was burned. CyberSeadramon threw his head to one side launching Kuzuhamon into the air. He turned his head and a red beam flashed forward engulfing Kuzuhamon. The beam arced down into the ocean and exploded.
"Well, she's done with," chuckled CyberSeadramon. "Foolish little girl…"
"NO!" screamed the boy as he dropped to his knees.
CyberSeadramon fired a blast from his snout over the ship, causing the sails to explode. He fired another blast down under the ship and the vast vessel lurched and quickly lost speed.
"Now for you, human," growled CyberSeadramon as he advanced on the Great Gannet.
"No…" The boy looked down at the ocean and fell to his knees. CyberSeadramon glared down at the boy. "She can't be…"
"Trust me boy, nothing could've survived that," chuckled CyberSeadramon, "She's gone, her data washed to the seven seas. And to think, she died so you could live, she died protecting you, you who were hiding under the deck, you who cowered in the darkness. She died because of you!"
"Jason, it's a lie!" shouted Otamamon loudly, "It's a lie; he's not telling the truth; she can't be dead!"
"Are you going to let that little purple tadpole tell you what's real or not?" asked CyberSeadramon, "Oh, she's gone, gone and soon to be forgotten…and it's your fault, so why don't you do the honorable thing and give up, don't struggle, and make this easy on all of us…"
Jason dropped to his knees and hung his head, "She's gone…I should've…been here…"
"Jason, please, listen to yourself!" Otamamon pleaded at the boy's side. "She's not dead!"
"You got her killed, she was special to you wasn't she?" murmured CyberSeadramon. "Even more reason for you to let me just destroy you here…"
"Jason…" Otamamon looked up at the boy, "You didn't give up on me…I won't let you give up on Janet and Renamon, we have to fight, we can't give up! We have to live for the living; it's our responsibility to continue our lives so that those that fought before us didn't fight in vain!"
"You can't win, you may as well give up!" shouted CyberSeadramon. His snout glowed brightly, "It will be so pleasing to tell Chaos Piedmon that you both were destroyed so easily…"
"Don't let go, we can't let go, if we let go he wins!" Otamamon said sternly, "Fight him, fight him with me; help me save the others!"
The boy looked to Otamamon, "They have to be alive…I refused to let them die…I refuse…" Jason lifted his head and glared up at CyberSeadramon, "…to let overgrown brutes like you prey on our fears!"
"That's the way!" shouted Otamamon as he hopped up into Jason's arms and glared at CyberSeadramon. "We'll show you!"
CyberSeadramon roared loudly and reared his head back. "River of…"
"Womb World Mandala!" ropes of interlaced balloon flower plants wrapped around CyberSeadramon's neck and pulled him back.
Jason head shot up. A lavender glow flooded from behind the writhing CyberSeadramon. A woman, in scorched, lavender armor with charred, silver hair was hovering behind the sea dragon. Her face was like granite and her lips down turned in a frown.
"KUZUHAMON!" shouted Jason loudly.
CyberSeadramon roared in anger and ripped forward tearing the flower ropes and turned on the priestess. "This time wench you won't be coming back!"
"No, this time we get our chance to protect them, it's time we showed this guy what we're made of!" Jason shouted. CyberSeadramon glared at Jason. Jason glared back at the cybernetic sea dragon, "My mother died, and I couldn't help her, but I made a promise to a man long ago, I promised to live so her life didn't become meaningless, today I'm making another promise, I promise to live, so that scum like you don't ever get a chance to have power over anything ever again, and it's a promise I intend to keep!"
"I'd like to see you try to keep it human!" laughed CyberSeadramon. "River of…"
"Otamamon biomerge to…." A blaze of golden energy fired from the deck of the ship. The golden energy washed off of sharp, jagged, golden armor, strong, orange dragon muscle, and from burning sapphire eyes protected by a jagged mask that projected forward with a jagged rhinoceros-like horn. "WarGreymon X! DRAMON DESTROYER!"
The dragon man's arm shot forward, the gauntlet's claws sliced forward as they extended. CyberSeadramon reeled backward slamming back into the waves. WarGreymon X turned as he came to a stop next to Kuzuhamon.
"Are you ok, Kuzuhamon?" asked the dragon man as he looked at the priestess.
"We're fine," returned Kuzuhamon with a nod, "and we're ready to put the hurt on CyberSeadramon."
"Good, because here he comes!" shouted WarGreymon X as CyberSeadramon exploded from the waves.
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"Fire Feather!" Flashes of flaming feathers rallied around the bases of the rose vines. The vines charred as the flames subsided.
"Pidmon! Watch out!" shouted Mark suddenly. Pidmon turned and saw Rosemon rushing up behind him.
"Crap…" growled Pidmon as he leapt back, "Pid Speed!" Pidmon disappeared in flurry of movement as Rosemon swept forward with her rapier. Pidmon appeared seconds later at the top of the vines. Rosemon leapt after him and swiped forward. Pidmon shot to the left, "Pid Speed!" The angel disappeared again reappearing halfway down the rose stalk.
"You can't run forever, angel," shouted Rosemon as she swept around and dove after Pidmon.
"I can try!" retorted Pidmon as he disappeared in another blur of Pid Speed. He reappeared at the base of the rose stalks. He put his hand forward, "Fire Feather!"
A torrent of flame rushed around the intertwined vines. Rosemon dropped down on Pidmon and swept her sword forward. Pidmon stumbled forward as the green rapier sliced the air in front of his chest. Rosemon pressed the issue and lunged after the angel. Pidmon reacted reflexively by sweeping his staff forward and striking Rosemon in the stomach. The flowery woman gasped as the air fled her lungs. Pidmon leapt back and pushed his hands forward releasing another swarm of flaming feathers. Rosemon snarled at the attack and swept her cloak around herself.
Pidmon jumped up and flitted to the balcony. He looked back, checking on Mark.
"What's…going on?" whispered Michelle. Mark and Labramon looked up as the little girl lifted her head.
"We're trying to free the others, Rosemon has them…" explained Mark as he ran to her.
"Can you sit up, Michelle?" asked Labramon as she helped the girl into a sitting position.
"Thorn Whip!" a green rope wrapped around Pidmon's neck and the angel lurched forward and down.
"Pidmon!" shouted Mark.
"Labramon…" Michelle shook her head to get rid of the cobwebs, "We have to help him.
"I'm ready to throw my weight around," Labramon braced herself. Michelle lifted her digivice up. "Labramon digivolve to D'Arcmon!" The canine angel ran forward and leapt into the air. She twisted downward and pointed her staff downward, "La Pucelle!"
Mark and Michelle ran forward and saw the pink lightning crash against the green cloak of Rosemon. Pidmon was grappling with the whip around his neck. The male angel grunted as he torn at the thorn vine. D'Arcmon flew over Rosemon's head and twisted her staff in her hand.
"Do you think you two can stop me?" chuckled Rosemon. "You aren't even a decent waste of my time!"
"We'll see," growled D'Arcmon as eight orbs of light appeared in measured positions on the circle the staff was making as it spun, "Battlement D'Armor!"
The eight orbs of light exploded forward as eight, white lightning strikes that crashed against Rosemon. The flower woman dropped back from the blasts but Rosemon swept her hand forward and chuckled.
"Do you really think you have chance?" asked the rose as she looked at D'Arcmon.
"Fire Feather!" shouted Pidmon as he freed himself from the whip. "We have every chance of defeating you, Rosemon, we don't give up!"
"Such a foolish sentiment…" sighed Rosemon, "Why must you make everything so…unpleasant…?"
"Shut it," growled D'Arcmon as she glided next to Pidmon. The two angels glared at Rosemon, "We may not be Mega Digimon but we can still defeat you…"
"I truly doubt that…I was a Mega digimon before this world was created," chuckled Rosemon, "and then loving Piedmon restored me…after finding me miles under the earth near a cavern spring…One day he'll remember who I am, and we'll go and search for dear Sigma and Mari, but first he must rule this world so he can gain access to the gateway!"
"Don't count on it, he's not going to rule anything!" growled Pidmon. The male angel looked to D'Arcmon and the canine angel nodded in agreement.
"He already has access to the gateway," shouted Mark loudly. Rosemon sneered up at the boy. Mark looked down at Rosemon, "Chaos Piedmon isn't who you think he is..."
"That's nonsense!" retorted Rosemon indignantly. "If he had control of the Gateway he'd have already started his search for Sigma…he said he was looking for a Chosen One!"
"He was, but the human was Kuro Ishida!" shouted Michelle loudly, "He sent his flunkies back to the Human World to find him!"
"No, I don't believe you!" Rosemon glared at the children and then at D'Arcmon and Pidmon, "You're lying to me!" She growled and unsheathed her rapier. "You won't live!"
Rosemon pivoted and shot upward towards Mark and Michelle, the blade poised to slice the two in half. Pidmon and D'Arcmon were right behind her.
"D'Arcmon, digivolve to Wisemon!" The specter-like sorceress flashed her claws forward, "Eternal Nirvana!"
A stream of multicolored energy wrapped itself around Rosemon. Pidmon disappeared into a flash of his Pid Speed and reappeared between Rosemon and the children. Mark looked up at Pidmon. The angel nodded. Mark smiled slightly.
"Pidmon, digivolve to Asuramon!" The white and red angel glowed and reformed into a black skinned, four armed god with three faces and a golden arch over his head. His arms burned and he punched forward, "Fire Fists of Asura!"
The blasts of flame crushed into Rosemon repelling the woman and Wisemon moved to one side and sling shot the woman into the ground using her Eternal Nirvana Rope. Rosemon stood and glared angrily up at the two humans.
"Asuramon, get the others free; I'll hold off Rosemon!" The white robed sorceress spoke as her cobalt eyes watched Rosemon.
"Right," Asuramon nodded and dove off towards the rose vines.
Rosemon turned to chase after Asuramon, when Wisemon glided in front of the red clad woman, "Where do you think you're going?"
"Out of my way!" snarled Rosemon as she flicked her whip forward.
"Pandora Dialog!" Wisemon slashed forward releasing lightning claw marks into the air.
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"River of Rage!" a crimson stream ripped through the air between WarGreymon X and Kuzuhamon.
The two digimon rushed backward as a second and third stream of red hatred flashed between them. They had been slowly leading CyberSeadramon from the Great Gannet for a while now, and now the ship was nothing but a dot in the distance.
"Reverse Rice Cord!" Kuzuhamon crossed her arms and flashed them forward and instead of a small stampede of fox spirits, one, large, silvery vixen howled forward and attacked CyberSeadramon.
WarGreymon X dove down and buzzed over the water and pulled up, turning and lifting his hands. As he did so aquamarine energy from the water swirled into a large ball between his hands. WarGreymon X watched CyberSeadramon thrash in the ocean as Kuzuhamon's fox spirit wrestled with the large sea dragon.
"Poseidon FORCE!" shouted WarGreymon X when the right time presented itself and lobbed the large ball of oceanic energy forward toward CyberSeadramon.
The sea dragon reeled backward as if a large beach ball had smashed into its chest and fell back into the water. WarGreymon X flew over the surface and growled.
"What is it?" asked Kuzuhamon.
"As long as he can hide under water, we'll never destroy him…" growled Jason loudly.
"Then let's go after him and force him to surface!" shouted Otamamon, "Or did you forget, you can breathe underwater?"
"That's right, I can, can't I?" WarGreymon X said in shock and rubbed the back of his armored head with his claws, "Well, paint me stupid…"
"Well?" Kuzuhamon looked at WarGreymon X, "Are you going to do it or not?"
"I'm going, I'm going, jeesh!" returned the dragon man as he dove down.
"We'll have a spell waiting for him when he surfaces," called Kuzuhamon loudly as WarGreymon X disappeared under the waves.
"Now where is he?" growled the dragon man to himself as he cut through the water, his claws extended forward to cut down on drag. WarGreymon X stopped and hovered in the water. "He can't be far from us…"
A pair of jaws snapped shut around WarGreymon X. CyberSeadramon rushed up and then plunged back down into the shadowy depths where he had been hiding. WarGreymon X grunted as he slowly pushed CyberSeadramon's mouth open, but his strength couldn't pry the jaws open enough to slide free. The dragon man struggled in the sea dragon's mouth trying to dislodge himself.
"It's hopeless!" gargled CyberSeadramon as he cruised through the watery shadows, "Sooner or later you'll run out of strength and I'll just crush you and swallow you…there is no escape!"
"Shut up!" snorted WarGreymon X as he wriggled in CyberSeadramon's mouth, "We're getting out and we're kicking your can up to the surface!"
"I don't think so my little morsel…" chuckled CyberSeadramon as he clenched his jaw. WarGreymon X grunted loudly as he struggled to hold the dragon's jaws open.
"Jason, we need to get free of him, if this keeps up, I may come unmerged with you…and at this depth, your body would be like squished grapes…" whimpered Otamamon quietly with in the biomergence.
"Thanks for the visual," grumbled Jason as he strained against the jaws, "Why are we the ones always being stuck in someone else's mouth?"
"ATTACK!" called a loud voice. WarGreymon X turned his head suddenly and saw hundreds of shadows rushing towards them.
"WHAMON!" gasped WarGreymon X loudly as the large marine mammal collided amid ship of CyberSeadramon.
"Thought you could use the help!" shouted Whamon as he rushed past.
Whamon wasn't alone though. Hundreds of spears flew out of the shadows and a group of Tylomon shot past firing torpedoes across CyberSeadramon's snout. A hairy walrus rushed past firing missiles into the cybernetic wiring of the dragon. A huge, prehistoric turtle dove by releasing a torrent of energy blades into CyberSeadramon. The cybernetic sea dragon finally growled in anger as a large merger of sea turtle, and furry walrus swam by and flung a huge hammer against the side of CyberSeadramon's head. WarGreymon X immediately launched from CyberSeadramon's gaping mouth. The dragon man turned and saluted to the marine digimon as they retreated to a safe distance.
"River of Rage!" roared CyberSeadramon as he fired back at the armada of marine digimon.
"I don't think so!" WarGreymon X thrust his hands forward and collected marine energy into his hands, "Poseidon Force!"
The sphere of energy was huge and it grew as it pressed through the water drawing more and more energy as it traveled. The sphere detonated at the head of CyberSeadramon's energy beam and thrust both, CyberSeadramon and WarGreymon X upwards and spat them into the air.
"There you are!" Kuzuhamon shouted. She, with one hand, thrust her staff forward, keeping it vertical and held the other hand out, "Reverse Rice Cord!" A stream of foxes rushed forward but Kuzuhamon wasn't done, "Womb World Mandala!"
A twisting blast of purification energy raced through the epicenter of the fox stampede, drawing the spirits in a tight coil around the purification beam. CyberSeadramon glared down at the attack.
"River of RAARG!" the purification energy smashed into CyberSeadramon's snout as he prepared to fire his attack. CyberSeadramon reared back and growled.
"Ouch…" WarGreymon X hovered next to Kuzuhamon. "What did you do?"
"I decided I would combine my attacks," replied the priestess smugly, "didn't think they'd magnify the power instead of just adding their power together…"
"I have a plan…" WarGreymon X looked to Kuzuhamon, "Could you do that fox thing to me?"
"What?" Kuzuhamon looked blankly at WarGreymon X, "I didn't even know if it would work and you want me to try it on you? I could obliterate you!"
"I don't think that will happen…something tells me it won't," replied WarGreymon X as he looked at his claws, "I'm almost certain…"
"Your hunch is hardly enough to try something this risky…" Renamon said soberly.
"Jason, it's not worth the risk…" said Janet in agreement.
"It will work, trust me!" pleaded WarGreymon X, "Please…"
"River of Rage!" snapped CyberSeadramon and a jagged burst sliced between the two biomerged digimon.
Kuzuhamon looked sternly at WarGreymon X, "If I kill you, I will never be able to live with myself…"
"We have to live for the living…" replied WarGreymon X. "And if you kill me, I promise I'll come and haunt you so you won't be lonely…"
"That's so reassuring…" grumbled Kuzuhamon. "I suppose…but if anything starts going wrong…"
"Yeah, yeah, abort…" WarGreymon X nodded dismissively. "Here goes nothing…"
"Fools, you cannot defeat me, even with your friends…" CyberSeadramon snarled as he fired another blast at the biomerged digimon. WarGreymon X and Kuzuhamon merely swept to one side and let the blast fly off into the distance.
"Yeah, yeah, can't win, you're super powerful, no one can stop you…" WarGreymon X waved his clawed hand, "Well, buddy, I've got a little newsflash for you, we can beat you, and we will, just watch us do the voodoo we do." WarGreymon X lifted his gauntleted arms and pressed them together, "When I say now, do it Kuzuhamon." The dragon man then started to spin drawing orange energy around his body, "Grand Tornado!" WarGreymon X roared as he corkscrewed toward CyberSeadramon. The cybernetic dragon scoffed as he lowered his head and prepared to meet the dragon warrior head on. They rushed ever closer to one another. "NOW!"
"REVERSE RICE CORD!" Kuzuhamon pushed her hands together and herds of fox spirits rushed forward of every color.
The kitsune spirits swarmed around the corkscrew of orange energy that was WarGreymon X. The tornado shimmered slightly as it went from orange to burnished gold to brilliant platinum. CyberSeadramon roared loudly as he pressed forward.
"Hyper Tsunami Cannon!" roared CyberSeadramon firing the four, large, turbine cannons on the sides of his head.
The pressurized water roared forward and deflected from the platinum energy drill. The spiral continued forward undaunted, undeterred, and unfettered. CyberSeadramon slowed his forward progression and tried to turn but it was too late; the energy corkscrew ripped through the side of his head as the sea dragon tried to turn away. The fox spirits sliced around the sea serpent as WarGreymon X emerged from the other side of the dragon's head and turned back at his handiwork.
All along CyberSeadramon's body, explosions ripped from the cybernetic network of cords and tubing. Chunks of the sea dragon's body sizzled as the mass crashed down into the waves. The serpent writhed and thrashed as it sank below the water's surface. The ocean remained unsettled for several minutes until one, large dome of water exploded upward accompanied by a muffled 'boom'.
"Did we get him?" shouted WarGreymon X.
"I should hope so," replied Kuzuhamon. The fox priestess lifted a hand and tilted her head downward and whispered a prayer. She looked up at WarGreymon X, "After all, you blew his head off…"
"We should go after the others, while we're biomerged," called out WarGreymon X. "We can travel faster than the Great Gannet."
"But we can't leave them stranded out here…" Kuzuhamon replied sternly.
"That's true…" WarGreymon X looked down and then his head shot up, "I got it, I'll be right back!" The dragon man quickly dove into the ocean and jetted under the waters' surface.
"Now what?" Kuzuhamon grumbled as the she watched him disappear.
Five minutes later the warrior replied. He turned and started to the west, "Well, let's go."
"What about the Great Gannet?" Kuzuhamon insisted loudly.
"Let's just say an old friend is dealing with it," replied WarGreymon X with a nod. He waved his hand, "Come on, the sooner we get to the others; the sooner we can search out Chaos Piedmon."
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"Fire Fist of Asura!" Asuramon slammed his flaming fists against the base of last rose vine trunks.
The trunk burned and crackled and slowly tilted falling to the ground. Asuramon turned and collided with a fast moving Wisemon, who was caught up in Rosemon's thorn whip. The two Ultimates crashed back. Rosemon walked forward.
"It's too late, Rosemon, our friends are free," Wisemon growled as she struggled to free herself.
"They are still weakened though, that shall give me plenty of time to delete you," Rosemon smirked quietly as Asuramon and Wisemon looked up in fear. "See, you already understand, you won't survive me…"
"Rosemon, behind you, turn around!" Asuramon shouted loudly.
"Hah, do you really think I am that naïve?" Rosemon chuckled to herself, "that's the oldest trick in the book…"
"No, Rosemon, turn around…" Wisemon breathed.
"Don't try to trick me, I am not stupid, you will not escape me," announced Rosemon.
"No, Rosemon, you must turn around!" argued Asuramon loudly.
Rosemon's lips turned into a frown and she growled. She lifted her rapier up. "Your games are no longer amusing…Rose…."
Rosemon gasped and looked down. A long, broad blade erupted out of her stomach. The blade pulled back and Rosemon staggered forward. She dropped to her knees in front of Asuramon and Wisemon. Her flowered head turned.
"Rosemon, let's just say, your specific talents are no longer needed," the cold, made-up face smirked with its bright red lips.
"It's true, isn't it?" Rosemon looked up in horror at the clown as it settled on the ground in front of her. "Piedmon, it's true; isn't it; you don't want to look for Sigma and Mari? You lied, you pretended to care!"
"Of course I pretended!" The harlequin chuckled grandiosely. "I'm an actor!" The clown's smiling face quickly turned to granite, "And you, my dear lady, were naïve enough to believe it," the harlequin walked forward slowly, but confidently, gently weaving his legs, one in front of the other as he walked, "don't worry, Rosemon, your drama is nearly over, allow me to show you to the dénouement…"
"Rosemon get out of there!" Asuramon shouted, the four armed digimon moved to help her but it was too late.
Chaos Piedmon flicked his wrist upward and tossed a handkerchief over Rosemon. There was a light flicker of red and Chaos Piedmon picked up the handkerchief and with statesmanlike charm tucked it into shirt. Asuramon and Wisemon looked down and gasped. All that was left was a single, red rose on the floor. Chaos Piedmon looked up at the two, destined digimon and started to laugh heartily, his dark eyes twinkling in pure pleasure.
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AN: This chapter signifies the beginning of the homestretch.
Dark Qiviut: His turmoil plays out here as well, and I think I liked that interchange between Amy and Anubismon/Brendan.